Where does “uzurpować” come from?
uzurpować (Polish) comes from Latin ūsurpō, from Latin ūsus, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
uzurpować (Polish): to usurp
Definitions
- to usurp
Ancestry of “uzurpować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ūsurpō | to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute |
| 2 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 3 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |